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Pretty creepy. Being concerned for a family member or close (IRL) friend is one thing. Marshalling an Internet horde because someone stopped checking in on Gi
by ajarmst 11y ago
Pretty creepy. Being concerned for a family member or close (IRL) friend is one thing. Marshalling an Internet horde because someone stopped checking in on Github is entirely another. If you only know someone by their @ handle, then you don't know them well enough to start investigating their lives. I get that some people don't have an IRL to contrast their virtual presence with, but that's a pathology, not an invitation to stalking. Once more from the top: If someone doesn't share his or her contact information with you, then it's very likely they DON'T WANT YOU CONTACTING THEM, much less organizing a them-themed flashmob. Jesus.
- SFjulie1 11y agoIn free software project, some users push to far the idea that software belongs to them, their creator included. Just to be clear, if the guy is dead, well he does not care anymore. If he is alive he has most likely opted out of the web since web access is almost not a blocking factor. Hence, it is a choice or it is death, and in both case if a project cannot survive any of this outcome it is dead itself. That is what I fear will happen to a lot of free software/open source projects in the future since very few core commiters tends to produce the majority of commits for long times.